Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Voir Dire
Hearsay
(Court opinion corrected 6/14/11; opinion reconsidered per supervisory order of 1/26/11.) Trial court's error in failing to ask jury venire if they understood and accepted Zehr principles, but error was harmless given overwhelming evidence against Defendant. Not error for court to have allowed police officers to testify about radio messages they received from other officers, as the other officers were also trial witnesses. Comments by prosecutor in closing were appropriate given Defendant's remarks on similar subjects, such as asking "Why?" after defense counsel suggested that police had framed Defendant, though without any evidence of police fraud or misconduct. (CAHILL and J. GORDON, concurring.)